The year 2025 which is ending has been marked by several social, political and economic crises. Among them, the trade war triggered by Donald Trump and which is wreaking havoc on European exports. And among them, also those of Spanish companies.
According to continuous sales data from the Tax Agency, domestic companies lost, on average, approximately 12 million euros per day of exports until November. This means that lost sales abroad exceed, so far this year, the 4 billion euros.
More specifically, foreign sales of the domestic private sector They remained at 1,441 million euros on average daily over the first months of the year. An amount lower than the 1.453 million daily in 2024, which was already lower than the 1.493 million in 2023.
Thus, average daily exports are 0.9% lower than last year. The trade war unleashed on a global scale and initiated by the White House, thas a lot to do with this setback. Especially on the American continent.
As this newspaper has previously reported, Spanish exports across the Atlantic are not going through a good period. Indeed, in the United States, where they are already suffering from Donald Trump’s customs tariffs, they fell by 7.4%, according to the most recent data from the Ministry of the Economy (which dates back to October).
Actually, Spanish sales fall by 5% across the entire American continent, including Latin America. Especially in the best markets that our companies have on the other side of the Atlantic: Mexico (-8.4%) and Brazil (-4.4%).
The situation is no better if we look at the European Union. In this case, Exports, in general, are not increasing at all.
In this way, sales of Spanish products in its main markets of Old Continent they go down. These are the cases of France (-5%), Germany (-1.4%) and Italy (-6.1%). These declines were, however, offset by increases in Portugal (4.2%), the Netherlands (20.7%) and Poland (5%).
THE Asian markets They also help to compensate for this situation, since their purchases of Spanish products increase by 5%.
On the other hand, and back to company salesthe truth is that the domestic market compensates for the loss of exports.
Total daily sales so far in 2025 grow 6% annuallyreaching 6.194 million euros. And for this, those executed internally are essential, which increased by 8.2%, up to 4.753 million per day.
Data from the Tax Agency indicates that one sector in particular continues to grow in double digits: sale and repair of motor vehicles.
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